The Europe in Shorts programme is an initiative of the European Coordination of Film Festivals with the support of the Media programme of the European Commission. Always linked to a particular theme, it allows short movies to be accessible to audiences at festivals, each programme being screened several dozen times at member festivals.

Given the Coordination members' growing interest in screening films for a young audience and the huge success of the programme Europe in Shorts 4 - For Kids, the Coordination's audiovisual education workshop proposed the creation of a new Europe in Shorts programme for an audience aged 3 upwards.

The films in this programme have been selected by different members festivals of the Coordination. The programme is coordinated by Plein la Bobine, Sancy film festival for young people (France), with the help of Sauve qui Peut le Court Métrage, organiser of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France).

The programme will be available to member festivals for three years, until 10 June 2008.

The eight selected films, from Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany and Slovenia, show the vitality and diversity of animated films in Europe. Not only are their origins diverse, but so are the techniques demonstrated in the programme: pastel drawings, clay animation and also a mix between animation and live action shooting. This ensemble shows the richness of European creativity in the field of animation, and its artistic qualities will delight young and old alike.

To book the programme, preferably by e-mail: Plein la Bobine, festival de cinéma jeunes publics du Massif du Sancy, Sancy film festival for young people, AFFE, Hotel de Ville,F-63150 La Bourboule, France.

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